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Tanker With Libyan 'Rebel' Oil Heads to Sea | | | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
A North Korean-flagged tanker that illegally loaded crude oil at a rebel-held port in Libya is reportedly in international waters. Three members of Libya's highest political authority, the General National Congress, say the tanker took advantage of poor weather conditions to escape naval warships escorting it to a government port. A spokesman for the rebel militia that sparked the crisis by loading the oil without government permission at As-Sidra port said the tanker had reached...
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Prices, Tensions Soar as Fuel Scarcity Drags On in Nigeria | | | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
Tensions are high in Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil exporter, as imported fuel for cars has been scarce across the country for weeks. While angry drivers sit in long lines at gas stations to pay skyrocketing prices, the government blames crooked fuel marketers for the shortages. At a gas station in southern Nigeria, drivers have been waiting for hours to buy fuel at the government-subsidized price. The alternative is to pay 30 percent more at one of the few other open...
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CAR Crisis Places Burden on Neighbors | | | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
The U.N. secretary-general's special representative for Central Africa, Abou Moussa, is calling for a global response to help the region cope with the impact of the crisis in the Central African Republic. Moussa, in Cameroon after visiting other countries that share borders with the C.A.R., says sectarian violence has put a heavy burden on the country's neighbors. He said the number of refugees continues to increase, arms trafficking is at an all-time high and there is...
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EU leaders to Urge Greater Effort to Cut Gas Imports | | | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
European Union leaders will call for greater efforts to cut reliance on imported gas at a Brussels summit next week, a draft document shows, underlining their concern about strained relations with dominant energy supplier Russia over Ukraine. Ukraine is a transit route for shipping Russian gas to the EU, which relies on Russia for about a third of its supplies. Past supply disruption because of pricing disputes between Moscow and Kiev had already motivated EU leaders to...
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Tanker With Libyan 'Rebel' Oil Heads to Sea | | | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
A North Korean-flagged tanker that illegally loaded crude oil at a rebel-held port in Libya is reportedly in international waters.Three members of Libya's highest political authority, the General National Congress, say the tanker took advantage of poor weather conditions to escape naval warships escorting it to a government port.A spokesman for the rebel militia that sparked the crisis by loading the oil without government permission at As-Sidra port said the tanker had reached...
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IPC Chief: Sochi Paralympics Exceeding All Expectations | | | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
The Sochi Paralympic Winter Games are on track to becoming the most successful ever, International Paralympic Committee President Phil Craven said on Tuesday. "The Games are exceeding all expectations in every single area," the Briton said of the March 7-16 extravaganza. "It was important that in Sochi we built on the success of London 2012 and, together with the organizing committee, we are certainly doing...
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Musher Comes from Behind to Win Iditarod Sled Dog Race | | | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
Eight days and 13 hours after he began, the winner has crossed the finish line in the nearly 1,500 kilometer Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Picking up his second win, Dallas Seavey drove his dogsled across the finish line early Tuesday in Nome, Alaska. He came from behind to pass four-time race winner Jeff King and second place finisher Aliy Zirkle in the last 124 kilometers. Seavey became the youngest Iditarod champion when he won the 2012 race at age 25. He comes from a family of...
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OECD: Emerging Economies Holding Back Global Recovery | | | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
The recovery in developed economies is on track although slowing activity in big emerging markets means global growth will be only moderate at best in the near term, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Tuesday. Exceptionally bad winter weather in North America and a sales tax hike in Japan are also disrupting the pace of recovery, according to OECD said. Against that backdrop, the OECD urged the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan to...
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Student Leader Killed in Venezuelan Unrest | | | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
A student leader has been fatally shot in Venezuela in the latest wave of violent protests seeking to oust the government of President Nicolas Maduro.Officials in the university city of San Cristobal said Daniel Tinoco was killed Monday night after a day of street clashes between anti-government demonstrators, pro-government armed militia and security personnel. Tinoco was an outspoken student leader who often manned the barricades that have been erected as part of the anti-Maduro...
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Man with Stolen Passport on Malaysia Jet Had no Terrorism Links | | | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | |
Police in Malaysia have identified a 19-year-old Iranian man as one of two passengers on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 traveling on stolen passports. But they say there is no indication the man had links to terrorism. Searchers still have found no evidence Tuesday of where the plane went down. Malaysian authorities say they believe 19-year-old Iranian Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad was seeking asylum in Germany. Speaking to reporter in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian police chief...
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